Workers' Compensation News
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Labor Contractor Pleads Guilty to Payroll Scheme | 08/20/2025 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A labor contractor in Florida pleaded guilty to running an off-the-books payroll scheme that defrauded the federal government and work comp carriers. ...Read More | |||
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Lawmakers Again Propose Bill to Create Federal Heat Standard | 08/04/2025 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Lawmakers from California introduced legislation proposing to require the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to adopt a federal standard to protect workers in high-heat environments. ...Read More | |||
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Labor Board OKs Excluding Overtime From Supplemental Benefit Calculation | 07/23/2025 | |
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| State: CT | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Connecticut's labor board dismissed a complaint alleging that a city violated the Municipal Employee Relations Act by excluding overtime earnings when calculating work comp benefits due to an injured police officer. ...Read More | |||
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Labor Law Defendant Gets Partial Summary Dismissal of Claims | 07/21/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that the defendant in a Labor Law action should have been granted summary judgment dismissing part of the injured worker’s claim. ...Read More | |||
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Lawmakers Ask GAO to Probe FECA | 07/16/2025 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A pair of Republican lawmakers on the House Education and Workforce Committee are asking the U.S. Government Accountability Office to examine the integrity and efficiency of the workers' compensation program for federal workers. ...Read More | |||
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LAO: Second Injury Fund 'No Longer Aligned' With Legislative Intent | 07/14/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 2 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The nonpartisan fiscal and policy adviser to the California Legislature said the Subsequent Injury Benefit Trust Fund is no longer aligned with the benefit structure that lawmakers intended for the workers' compensation system. ...Read More | |||
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Legislature Unanimously Passes Bill to Require Counseling for First Responders | 07/01/2025 | |
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| State: NJ | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| New Jersey lawmakers on Monday unanimously passed a bill that would require workers' compensation to pay for at least 12 hours of paid counseling for first responders, under certain circumstances. ...Read More | |||
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Legislators Send Governor Bill to Increase E&M Payments | 07/01/2025 | |
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| State: DE | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Delaware lawmakers voted to send the governor a bill that would increase payments for evaluation and management services after the state's transition to a Resource-Based Relative Value Scale fee schedule. ...Read More | |||
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Lawmakers Pass Bill to Maintain First Responder Presumption | 07/01/2025 | |
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| State: ME | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Maine lawmakers passed a bill that would preserve the statutory presumption that post-traumatic stress disorder conditions arose from employment as a first responder. ...Read More | |||
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Lawmakers Send Gig Worker Benefits Bill to Governor | 06/24/2025 | |
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| State: WI | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Wisconsin lawmakers voted to send the governor a bill that would identify situations under which those working for companies such as Uber and DoorDash shall not be considered employees for the purposes of workers' compensation and other labor laws. ...Read More | |||
